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Phys.org / Suburban street design has driven emissions since WWII, study suggests

Half of all Americans live in the suburbs. For decades, planners and policymakers have blamed suburban sprawl's environmental and social costs on one thing: distance. The farther people live from city centers, the more they ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Plant diversity may explain why some caterpillars are fussy about their food

Many insects will eat almost anything in their sight, such as certain beetles, grasshoppers and locusts, while others are remarkably picky eaters. For example, numerous insect herbivores will feed only on a single plant family ...

Jun 14, 2026
Phys.org / Skin and color pattern of 125-million-year-old crocodile revealed by extraordinary fossil from the Pyrenees

A new study published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society describes, for the first time in detail, the soft tissues preserved in Montsecosuchus depereti, a Lower Cretaceous crocodylomorph from the Pedrera de Meià ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Restless legs syndrome—zebrafish reveal a cerebellar connection

An irresistible urge to move the legs or other areas, often accompanied by unpleasant sensations at night or during rest: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) affects millions of people worldwide. Despite being one of the most common ...

Jun 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Paint it black(er): A new way to make cars darker than ever

Scientists have developed a practical way to make ultra-black coatings to meet demand for trendy, luxury vehicles in China. The coating, described in a paper published in Matter & Light, is made up of a composite of carbon ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / The over‑50s are most likely to overdose. Here's how older people use drugs

When many of us think about drug overdose, we picture young people at a music festival or people dependent on street heroin. But the latest figures from the Penington Institute show older Australians are increasingly dying ...

Jun 20, 2026
Phys.org / How do flocking birds and schools of fish move? New research offers crystal-clear answer

Flocking birds and schools of fish are a familiar sight. While previous research has uncovered the broad dynamics driving these movements, their underlying intricacies remain a mystery. Now a study by a team of New York University ...

Jun 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / How digital platforms are turning us into 'data subjects'

Every day, billions of people rely on technologies from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple to navigate the world. We use them to communicate, work, shop, find information and stay entertained. But, according to media ...

Jun 20, 2026
Phys.org / How a telescope's mirror stability makes or breaks exoplanet detection

Finding life beyond our solar system is a major goal of modern astronomy. NASA's planned Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) aims to take direct images of Earth-sized planets around stars other than our sun. This task, however, ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Out-of-equilibrium cesium atoms reveal fractional Fermi seas, exposing new critical quantum phase

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, a team from the Nägerl group, together with theory collaborator Alvise Bastianello from the CNRS and the Université Paris-Dauphine, demonstrates that highly unusual quantum ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Shell too snug? Hermit crabs have a fix

For decades, biologists have known that hermit crabs forced to live in shells that are too small slow their growth. What wasn't clear was how they did it. New research suggests the answer isn't simply that the crabs eat less. ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Like humans, great apes think differently from each other

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ability—like using gestures ...

Jun 17, 2026